Harness-buckle.



No. 878,318. PATENTED FEB. 4, 1908.

\ I. SELLERS.

HARNESS BUCKLE.

APPLICATION IILED AUG. 10. 1906.

Inventor,

f Witnesses: W

I By M I I I Attorneys UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIoE IRA SELLERS, OFEDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA.

HARNE SS-B UGKLE To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IRA SELLERS, a subject of the King of Great Britain,residing at Edmonton, in the Province of Alberta, ()anada, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Harness-Buckles; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to harness buckles; the object of my invention isto provide a buckle especially adapted for fastening a crupper to thebreeching of a harness; and, my invention consists of the construction,combination and arrangement of parts, as herein illustrated, describedand claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this application, I haveillustrated one form of embodiment of my invention, in which drawingssimilar reference characters designate corresponding parts, and inwhich:

Figure 1 is a plan view showing the application of my invention; Fig. 2is a side elevation of a buckle; and, Fig. 3 is a side eleva tion of arockable hook forming part of the buckle.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the breeching and 2 the crupperstrap. The breeching is provided with openings 3 adj acent one edge, anda single opening 4 adjacent the opposite edge, and the crupper strap 2is of ordinary bifurcated construction.

The buckle proper comprises a plate 5, having on one edge at its endsintegral hooks 6, adapted to be disposed through the openings 3 of thebreeching, and having on its under face calks 7 adapted to bear on thebifurcated ends of the crupper strap 2. The plate 5 is provided with arectangular opening 8 adjacent its edge opposite to the hooks 6, andcentrally of its length.

- An insertible member 9 is disposed in the opening 8, and provided witha notch 10 adapted to engage the wall of said opening, and is providedat its opposite end with an integral hook 11 adapted to be insertedthrough the opening 4 in the breeching 1. The member 9 is furtherprovided with a recess 12, adapted to fit over the edge of the plate 5adjacent the opening 8. A guard lug 13 on the member 9 is adapted to bebent away to permit the insertion of the edge of the plate 5, and to bebent back to maintain the member 9 rockably in the recess 12.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 10. 1906. Serial No. 329,977.

Patented Feb. 4, 1908.3

The end of the member 9 being inserted into the opening 8 of the plate5, the notch 10 will engage the wall of the opening, and the guard lug13 will contact with the breeching 1, and the member 9 will be held inthe position shown in Fig. 3, thus locking the plate 5 to the breeching1, and forcing the calks 7 into engagement with the bifurcated end ofthe crupper strap, the hooks 6 being inserted through the openings 3 and4 respectively. The shoulder 14 on the member 9 serves to maintain thewall of the opening 8 in position. To release the strap 2, a pull on thehook 11 in the direction indicated by the ar row 15 of Fig. 2, will movethe wall of the openin 8 from between the shoulder 14 and the wall ofthe recess 12, and will permit a slight rocking of the member 9. Whenthe member 9 is rocked, the notch 10 is withdrawn from engagement withthe wall of the opening 8, and the )late 5 may be swung away from thebreecliing 1 on the hooks 6, carryin the calks 7 away from the crupperstrap. The crupper strap 2 may then be easily slipped to the desiredposition.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is2- 1. In a harness buckle, a plateprovided with hooks and with an opening, and an insertible memberdisposed in the opening and provided with a hook extending beyond theedge of the plate.

2. In a harness buckle, a plate provided with hooks and with an opening,and an insertible rockable member disposed in the opening and providedwith a hook extending beyond the edge of the plate.

3. In a harness buckle, a plate provided with hooks and with an opening,and an insertible rockable member disposed in the opening and providedwith a hook extending beyond the edge of the plate and with means toprevent its rocking.

4. In a harness buckle, a plate provided with hooks adjacent one edgeand provided with an opening adjacent its opposite edge, and aninsertiblc member provided with a recess in which the wall of theopening is (lisposed and provided with a hook extending beyond the edgeof the plate. I

5. In a harness buckle, a plate provided with hooks adjacent one edgeand provided with an opening adjacent its opposite edge, and aninsertible member provided with a recess in which the wall of theopening is disposed and provided With a hook and proengaging the Wall Ofthe opening, and means vided With a guard lug engaging the under forattaching to a part of the harness. 10 face of the plate. In witnesswhereof I have hereunto set my 6. In a harness buckle, a plate providedhand in the presence of two Witnesses. with means for attaching to apart of the har- IRA SELLERS. ness, provided With an opening, and pre-Witnesses: 5 'vided with calks on its under face, and an in- JAMESFRANKLIN WRIGHTJ sertible member provided with means for l JOHN KILLEN.

